Project ID: 53155
PetroChina Granted 1.2 Million Liters Petroleum to Nepal (linked to #53157)
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]
Recipient
Nepal
Sector
Energy (Code: 230)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
Category
Project lifecycle
Geography
Description
On October 28, 2015, China National United Oil Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding with Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) to grant 1.2 million liters of petroleum to Nepal. On October 31, 2015, China handed over the oil. The grant aimed at helping relieve the acute energy shortage in Nepal. "We have received 73.5 metric tons of petrol from China in these two days," NOC spokesperson Deepak Baral told Xinhua. In December of the same year, China provided an additional 1.4 million liters (captured in project (#53157)
Number of official sources
0
Number of total sources
3
Details
Cofinanced
No
Implementing agencies [Type]
PetroChina [State-owned Company]
Nepal Oil Corporation Limited [State-owned Company]